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A multi-instrumentalist, showman, and inventor with a dash of mad scientist, Quintrons creativity knows no bounds. His music ranges from the experimental electronics and noise of 1994s I.F. 001-011 to the blend of garage rock, funk, RSwamp-Tech of 1998s These Hands of Mine and 2003s Are You Ready for an Organ Solo? Hes frequently joined by Miss Pussycat , whose vocals, percussion, and puppet shows are as integral to Quintrons dynamic live experience as his customized Hammond B-3 and the Drum Buddy, a light-activated analog synthesizer of his own creation. As an organist, he draws inspiration from the stylings of Raymond Scott and Jimmy Smith . He has played with artists ranging from Oblivions on 2000s gospel-tinged Play 9 Songs with Mr. Quintron to Steve Riley s Grammy-nominated Grand Isle. In the 2010s, Quintron brought the multi-disciplinary aspects of his work to the art world. His participation in installations and residencies resulted in releases including 2011s Sucre du Sauvage and the weather-controlled synth the Weather Warlock, which appeared on 2014s Spellcaster II: Death in Space. With 2020s Goblin Alert!, the first Quintron and Miss Pussycat album to feature a live rhythm section in decades, he continued to find ways to keep his music vibrantly one of a kind.Quintron (aka Robert Rolston) was born in Germany while his father was stationed there for military service. His family returned to the States, first settling in Mobile, Alabama, and then St. Louis, Missouri. At 17, Rolston moved to Chicago to join the drama troupe Theater Oobleck. Upon his arrival in 1989, I.F. 001-011, was a foray into the sounds of Rolstons homemade percussion that Ypsilanti, Michigans Bulb Records released in 1994. Around this time, a tour stop in New Orleans Ninth Ward District brought him to Pussycat Caverns, a venue operated by Panacea Theriac (aka ). The pair soon became creative and romantic partners, and after the Milk of Burgundy shut its doors in 1995, Theriac joined Rolston on tour, playing maracas and singing backing vocals.The pair settled in New Orleans, with Theriac working as a seamstress and Rolston as an elementary-school science teacher. writing a number of tracks on his Hammond S-6 organ for his second full-length album, Looking for a new home, Theriac and Rolston purchased an old house in the Ninth Ward district of New Orleans.That year, Ps puppet band Flossie featured an untitled Quintron track, as well as songs by The Flying Luttenbachers, Trenchmouth , The Scissor Girls , and Math . Rolston and Theriac celebrated the opening of the Spellcaster Lodge in their basement with performances by Quintron and RNightclub Organist to the album Camp Skin Graft: Now Wave Compilation alongside artists such as Bobby Conn, Dazzling Killmen, Melt Banana, Lake Of Dracula, Cheer-Accident, and Theriacs puppet band, Flossie & The Unicorns.
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Alabama Music Box, Mobile, United States
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USD 18.61
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